The Ideographic Individual
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12450735 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Hugh T Miller (0000-0002-2122-1860, Florida Atlantic University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 469-488 |
| Publication date | 2004-05-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Administrative Theory & Praxis (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1084-1806 • E-ISSN: 1949-0461 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10841806.2004.11029465 |
| OpenAlex | W2270465060 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 9 |
The ideographic individual encapsulates the decentering tendency of recent philosophy and does so in a way that is consistent with both postmodern and evolutionary approaches to culture. This decentering of the individual elicits a confrontation with concerns about determinism and free will. This article attempts to problematize the determinism versus free will debate while proposing an alternative conceptualization of the individual grounded in ideography. Ideographs—the socially constructed elements of a culture's symbolization system—are determinative of a culture's sense of appropriate conduct, but indeterminate with respect to predictive causality. The individual conceptualized ideographically contrasts sharply with the autonomous liberal-humanist individual of Western culture. Ad hominem treatments of the individual imply blame-worthiness or heroism, whereas meaning in the ideography framework is located in culture's symbolism and in the multiple and diffuse arenas of communication and social interaction. Both the ideographic individual in particular and ideography in general suggest alternative frames of understanding for public administration
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| Citations per year | 0.48 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2005 - 2019 (15) |
| Highly cited | No |